I wrote 'Legends of the Fall' in nine days, but I had been thinking about it for a few years.
I write fast, because I have not the brains to write slow.
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don't edit myself out of existence, meaning I'll try to write 50 or 60 pages before I start rereading, revising and editing. That just helps with my confidence.
Write out the story - rapidly, fluently, and not too critically - following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot whenever the developing process seems to suggest such change, never being bound by any previous design.
As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.
You can tell a lot in shorthand.
I'd much prefer to write more quickly.
Nobody believes this, but I write very fast.
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
I write four or five a books a year. That means that I usually have one on the go. I am fortunate in being able to write quickly - 1000 words an hour.
